A case of liver nocardiosis associated with Crohn's disease while treating infliximab

Journal of Japanese Society of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 619-626

  Nakahara, Takashi ^a   Kan, Hiromi ^a   Nakahara, Haruna ^a   Asamoto, Yasumasa ^a   Komatsu, Hironao ^a   Tokumo, Hironori ^a   Ishida, Kunio ^a  

^a JA HIROSHIMA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; INFLIXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NOCARDIOSIS; MALE; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79955828141     PISSN: 04466586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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